# Die regering het die onlangse bevindings van Intelpoint-navorsing verwelkom wat Suid-Afrika as die tweede mees geletterde land in Afrika gradeer, met ’n volwasse geletterdheidsyfer van 95-persent. Die Seychelle is boaan die lys met ’n geletterdheidsyfer van 95,9-persent. Die navorsing is gegrond op die persentasie van die bevolking van 15 jaar en ouer wat kan […]
# A resentencing hearing for Erik and Lyle Menendez, convicted of killing their parents in 1989, begins today in Los Angeles. The brothers, serving life without parole, claim years of abuse led to the murders. Prosecutors oppose their release, calling the killings cold-blooded. The hearing follows controversy over a graphic photo shown in court. Attorneys […]
# ActionSA expressed deep concern over the government’s concerted efforts to force the relocation of the Taiwanese Liaison Office from Pretoria to Johannesburg. ActionSA’s Matthew George says driven by questionable motives, the government’s actions reflect conduct that undermines the principles of mutual respect and diplomatic courtesy that should be extended to all foreign representatives:
# Cosatu says it offers its full support to Mcebisi Jonas after president Cyril Ramaphosa appointed the former deputy minister of Finance as presidential envoy to the United States. The union federation’s spokesperson, Matthew Parks, says they will continue to work with government and business to ensure that relations with the US are set on […]
# Die minister van Handel, Nywerheid en Mededinging, Parks Tau, het onthul dat Suid-Afrika sedert Desember 2023 nie handelsamptenare het om regstreekse buitelandse beleggings in die land te bemiddel nie. Die departement bestuur 45 handelskantore, waarvan die meeste in Suid-Afrikaanse sendings in die buiteland gehuisves word. Dit sluit lande soos Amerika, China, Frankryk en Asiatiese […]
# Oekraïne se veiligheidsdiens sê hy hou nege mense, insluitend vyf tieners aan wat volgens berigte namens Russiese veiligheidsdienste sabotasie beplan het. Sommige van die verdagtes het na bewering beplan om plofstof naby woongebiede of spoorlyne te stel. Oekraïne se veiligheidsdiens sê die verdagtes is op Telegram gewerf met beloftes van kontantbelonings. Kiëf sê hy […]
# Trade, Industry and Competition minister, Parks Tau, has revealed that since December 2023, South Africa has not had trade officers to facilitate foreign direct investment into the country. The department manages 45 trade offices, mostly housed in South African missions abroad, including in countries like the US, China, France, and Asian countries. In a […]
# ʼn Nuwe studie het onthul dat Afrika se vinnige verstedeliking voëls se verskeidenheid bedreig. Navorsers gebruik burgerwetenskap-data van Keniaanse en Nigeriese projekte, wat inligting oor voëls karteer, om insig te kry oor hoe verstedeliking voëls, hul verskeidenheid en ekologiese funksies in hierdie nasies beïnvloed. Navorser Ashoka Mukpo het op die Mongabay-podsending gesê stede se […]
# The Security Service of Ukraine says it has detained nine people, including five teenagers, on suspicion of preparing sabotage attacks on behalf of Russian security services. Some of the suspects were allegedly planning to plant explosives near residential buildings or railway lines. The Security Service of Ukraine says the suspects were recruited on Telegram […]
